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things i miss, being retired

Old_Me

Old_Me

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this picture goes back to 2006, July in fact.

i worked for a company out of Swanton, Ohio, named Air-Ride, that had the DHL hauling contract.

i'd go to the DHL center about 15 miles from my house, they would load up the trailer, and i'd take "air freight"...yes..."air freight" from RI to Allentown. PA, at the Schantz Rd center...off route 101...??

a WAWA was at the corner, best dang deli, breakfast sammiches, and fresh coffee ever...across the intersection, is the Hershey industrial park

i had to wait for another "air freight load from Pittsburgh, switch out with them, and come on back

"about 10 hours there, and 10 hours back. couldn't be late, the day delivery trucks had to roll...paper logbooks, made it all happen.

my truck back then.......


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Although not retired i do miss driving semi's! I miss days on end of hard physical labor! I didn't mind working a 45-60 hour straight work day. No sleep and barely ate, but did stay hydrated. That was when I had alfalfa. When it's ready, it's ready and no time to waste. 100°+ days, but did have a/c maybe half the time?
 
Not retired yet but may be soon. I really don't care much for my present job working for the Department of the Army. I did love my job when I worked for the National Park Service under the Department of the Interior. But there was little chance of advancement there without moving somewhere else. And I find myself missing my commercial diving days, even though I was almost killed and crippled from an underwater explosion. Also find myself missing my time in the Marine Corps and the Army.
 
OldGrunt said:
Not retired yet but may be soon. I really don't care much for my present job working for the Department of the Army. I did love my job when I worked for the National Park Service under the Department of the Interior. But there was little chance of advancement there without moving somewhere else. And I find myself missing my commercial diving days, even though I was almost killed and crippled from an underwater explosion. Also find myself missing my time in the Marine Corps and the Army.
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Working as a civilian for the Department of The Army was the best job I ever had.

I hate that you aren't liking it,
 
I miss our 3 car garage, boy was that awesome. It had a 4 foot pad that had my reloading stuff on. Now I back the truck out of the garage so I can move around.
We downsized that allowed us to get out of the Phoenix metro area and my wife could retire with me. A lot of my jobs were like getting a root canal every day, so I don't miss work.
 
1bravo9 said:
Working as a civilian for the Department of The Army was the best job I ever had.

I hate that you aren't liking it,
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Working for the Department of the Interior was one of the best jobs I ever had. Working for the Department of the Army isn't the worst job I ever had, but it is close. I used to actually look forward to going into work every day when I worked for the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Padre Island National Seashore. Something new and different every day. Can't say that about the Department of the Army, Corpus Christi Army Depot. Been here for over 6 years now. I've never seen such fraud, waste, and abuse as I have here in all my 18 years federal service. I had already started the process requesting disability retirement or finding me another position I physically can do. I'm disabled and can't do my present job anymore. I had wanted to continue to work for a few more years (I'm 59), but I think I'll jump on the chance for the disability retirement. Or if a RIF is in the works for my command, I'm pretty high up the chain, and they might offer me an early out, I'll jump on that. I'm glad you have a good experience where you are, but this place is BS and I wouldn't cry a bit if they shut it down. Sorry for the long post.
 
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